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Love my Level 10 GT. Can't see a build not going in it.

Cameras capture stops of light, and televisions display that light to the best of their ability, could also be represented by stops. HDR could be their buzzword, but it's thrown around a lot in the TV and cinema industry now, from both ends.
 
TVs with a higher dynamic range, measured in whatever, like the brightness and black pixels, or lack of, we still don't know what exactly they will release with, for example some TVs now have a 5m:1 ratio of contrast, some have "infinite". I don't believe all the HDR manufactures have announced their actual range, other than infinite.
 
Like you said, colour is measure in depth. Dynamic range has never been about colour, but HDR will improve colour reproduction as their is technically a larger gamut due to additional light. 

VR with Atmos...
 

Exactly.
 
Theoretically the tech has been around for a while. My Yamaha Receiver has 7.2 + 2 and spacial awareness, though I calibrated myself. What the + 2 is, is just multi room. BUT, they have the ability to process 7.2.2 if you put the speakers on your ceiling in front of you. Not official Atmos or DTSX, and cant say whats coming out is solely sounds mixed above the viewer, but its another angle for the audio to reach my ears and my brain to process height. : P
 
The Cinema experience is sick. But a WICKED home theater can sometimes be better IMO.

We basically have to wait and see what each company is claiming in terms of Dynamic Range, "HDR", whether its 7 stops, to 13 stop, to 22 stops. We don't know yet what they will release at.
 
And that's what really matters.
 
4K isn't going away, but it's still not mainstream or baseline yet. All the new tech is great, just have to make sure content is available, because like 4K, HDR is more difficult to process and render.

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There's lots of tech like this. Just Dolby and DTS being the biggest names and best reputations.
 
Ya, that makes 5.1.4 but it's the Atmos that makes it 5.1.4 other wise its technically just 5.1 or a sketchy 9.1 if they use all 9 speakers when not using Atmos.
 
The Sonos-esk tech comes from the fact that they are wireless probably. But will have to see the range.

Oh ya, forgot to ever mention DTS. 
 
I personally prefer the sound processed by Dolby. And most receivers have both techs built in. 
 
 
 
 
Dolby does the same, that's what I mentioned before where Atmos takes a larger advantage of this technology than before.
 
Basically you put the speakers where you can, and set up a provided mic, attached to the receiver, and it will calibrate each speakers position. Most receivers do that now anyways. It just depends on how well these processing techs use it.

It must have Atmos processing built into the bar. 
 
And you'll need specific 360 speakers to take advantage of the ceiling firing speaker in the unit.

Ok, so what I'm getting from this, and a few other articles is that, the soundbar (which I didn't know it was, lol) has a wireless connection to Samsung 360 speakers which is good, probably not multi-room range, and obviously not with Atmos, but IF you have an Atmos receiver, you can use the soundbar as a hub, for Atmos.
 
The soundbar is 3.1, with 2 wireless speakers for the back, so 5.1 package, but they almost have calibratable bounce in then, so 5.1.4, and if you add more 360 speakers, that can go to whatever, 9.1.5 would really be more than anyone needs at home using these speakers.
 
If I'm wrong and the soundbar can process the Atmos on it's own, you obviously don't need an Atmos receiver, which is pretty nice. But should keep an eye on how many speakers they let you add, that can benefit from Atmos.
 
I'm surprised Sonos didn't do something like this sooner with a new variation of speakers for this purpose.

Go with a dated build and throw in an ASUS Sabertooth X58.
 

This one
 
or
 
This one

Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders > Add Library Folder...
 
Should be it.
 
 
EDIT: Pictures above. lol

I might start with a surge protector then until I can get the 1500 UPS, I already lost a mini fridge in a brown out once, I want to have some protection until I get it

I've been using Windows 10 since January and I noticed that Windows Update is having fun updating device drivers on it's own, due to the fact that Windows will do automatic updates. This feature is annoying if you like to keep certain old driver due to glitches or issues on newer ones. (Example: Nvidia driver 353.54 which was horrible) This may also conflict with other programs that do give you driver updates like GE Force Experience.
 
Found a way to fix this, however I find this to be a temporary solution since it may give you a bit of headaches if you change hardware on your PC later on.
 

Step 1: Do a Search on your start menu (or Cortana) for "Devices and Printers" and go there.
 

 
 
Step 2: Locate your PC on the device list and Right Click it. Select the "Device Installation Settings" option.


 
 
Step 3: Select "No, let me choose what to do" and then pick the "Never install driver software using Windows Update" option and click on Save.
 

 
 
Done.
 
This will disable Windows update from installing any new drivers that may come out and mess your computer. I consider this only a temporary fix, because if you decide to add new hardware to your PC later (sound cards, raid cards, etc...) Windows will not be able to find a generic driver since you disabled it. In this case you might want to re-enable this feature while you install the new device or just manually install drivers from the device manufacturers web page. So far I've managed to avoid Windows Update from installing new NVidia drivers and let GeForce Experience handle graphic drivers like always.

Hope this helps if you had any driver issues with Windows Updates.

Convection (Heat rising) is not as influential as many people think, specially in smaller cases, convection happens when the air is stagnant, if you got decent airflow that won't happen. Intake at the bottom and rear and exhaust at top makes sense, gives you a clear path for airflow and cools your GPU

You'll be fine with either really, obviously more wattage protection is better, but you could say the same thing about anything PC wise, more gfx power for better gfx card.
 
All about budget, and if you're going to school then that's a priority. For basic protection a good surge protector will definitely help in some cases, surges, blackout, lighting, dirty power, but batteries are always the best.